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Upper Wootton

Coordinates: 51°17′18″N 1°10′09″W / 51.288265°N 1.1693°W / 51.288265; -1.1693
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Upper Wootton
Woodgarston Motte
Upper Wootton is located in Hampshire
Upper Wootton
Upper Wootton
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU5802654675
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTADLEY
Postcode districtRG26 5
Dialling code01256
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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England
Hampshire
51°17′18″N 1°10′09″W / 51.288265°N 1.1693°W / 51.288265; -1.1693

Upper Wootton is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Tadley, which lies approximately 4.8 miles 6.2 miles (10.0 km) northeast from the village.

Half a mile north-east of the village is the overgrown ring motte known as Woodgarston Castle, a possible location for the 'Castle of the Wood' recorded as having been stormed by King Stephen in 1147.